The Roman world

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Story map of the seas and lands around ancient Rome, with no words on the picture

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Pompeii

Pompeii was a busy town near a volcano. Ash buried it in AD 79.

More to know

The ash knocked down life, and many people died. It also saved streets, shops, and paintings for us to study. We should remember the people, not only the pictures.

What happened here

AD 79
Vesuvius erupts
Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pliny the Younger watched from across the bay and wrote about it.

People tied to this place

Pliny the ElderHe wrote a huge book about nature and died at Vesuvius.
TitusHe finished the Colosseum and ruled during the Vesuvius disaster.
Pliny the YoungerHis letters describe the Vesuvius eruption and Roman life.